Tie strap anchor



June 17 1952 w. F. DIE'rRlcHsoN 2,601,103

f TIE: STRAP ANCHOR Filed Feb. 11, 1949 lll I Patented June 17, 1952 TIESTRAP ANCHOR William F. Dietrichson, `Garden City, N. Y., as-

signor to American Car and Foundry Company, New York, N. Y., acorporation of New Jersey Application February 11, 1949, Serial No.'75,947

5 Claims.

This invention relates to freight cars and more particularly to anchormeans for lading tie straps.

An object of the invention is to provide freight cars with an improvedlading tie strap anchor means that forms a part of the car framing.

Another object of the invention is to eliminate the possibility ofinjury to lading secured in carrier vehicles by providing tie strapanchors lying within the inner wall surface of the vehicle.

A further object of the invention is to provide lading strap anchormeans for a vehicle that is inexpensive to manufacture and readilyassembled in the vehicle.

These and other objects of the invention will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art from a study of the following description andaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a fragmentary perspective View of one end of the interior ofa freight car showing the anchor means with tie straps secured thereto.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary plan View of the inner wall of thefreight car showing a portion of one of the anchor means.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on lone 3--3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional View taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

The invention can be applied to lading carriers of various types and forthe purpose of illustration, I have selected a freight car I ofconventional design. Such car has the usual oor II, vertically extendingmetal wall framing members I2 and horizontally extending inner wallboards I3 formed of wood.

Anchor means, forming the subject of this invention, is a sheet metalstructure I4 preferably of the same length and width as the wooden wallboards for assembly as a part of the wall framing and the inner wallstructure. The number of such structures employed and their location inthe inner wall is optional.

The sheet metal wall structure I4 includes a sheet metal member bent toform a base I5, top and bottom flanges I6 and flange extensions I'Iproviding feet that are secured to the wall frame members I2 by weldingas indicated by numeral I3. The inner face of base I lies flush with theinner faces of the wooden boards of the inner wall. As the metal anchormembers are fixed to the vertical frame members they serve as braces inthe framing and add to the strength thereof.

The metal wall members are formed to provide one or more anchors for tiestraps I9 that are applied to lading, such as barrels 20. and serve tohold the same in a set position on the floor of the freight car. Base I5of the metal member is first punched to form a pair of tongues 2| foreach anchor having their base portions in adjacent but spaced relation.A metal reinforcing member 22 is next applied by welding to the outerface of base I5 between the bases of the tongues. The tongues are nextbent around the side edge portions of the reinforcing member and arewelded thereto as indicated by numeral 23. At the same time, the tonguesare being bent, or in another operation, the areas of the base I5adjacent the sides and free end of the tongues are bent outwardly toform concave pockets 24 thereby serving as guiding surfaces for the tiestrap when being applied to the anchor which consists of the tongues 2l,the portion of the base I5 between the tongues and reinforcing member22. To further guide the tie strap and to reinforce the metal member I4adjacent the openings, a concave cover plate 25 is welded over the outersurface of the concave portions of base I5, as indicated by numeral 26.This cover is coextensive with both of the pockets 24 adjacent each ofthe anchors.

It will be noted that the structures I4 extend parallel with and betweenwall boards to form part of the car interior wall and also a part of thewall framing. The anchor means is outside of the inner wall surface andcannot come in contact with the lading to cause injury thereto.

The invention may be modified in Various respccts as will occur to thoseskilled in the art and the exclusive use of all modifications as comewithin the scope of the appended claims is contemplated.

What is claimed is z l. An inner wall member for freight cars comprisinga sheet of metal formed with a wall surface base, flanges extending fromthe sides of said base, feet at the ends of said side anges, and spacedtongues struck outwardly from said wall base and bent toward oneanother, said tongues and the base wall portion of the membertherebetween forming a lading strap anchor.

2. In a freight car, an inner wall member formed with a wall surfacebase and side ilanges, tongues struck out from the base with their baseportions in spaced relation, and a reinforcing member xed to the outersurface of the member base between the tongues, said tongues being bentover the reinforcing member and secured thereto.

3. In a freight car, an inner sheet metal wall member, a pair of spacedtongues struck out from said member and bent toward each other, saidtongues and the portion of the wall member therebetween forming a ladingstrap anchor, and an outercover` plate secured to the wall member overthe openings formed by striking the tongues, said cover plate beingspaced outwardly of the tongues.

4. In a freight car., an inner sheet metal Wall member having a baseWall section with outwardly extending top and bottom flanges, spacedtongues struck outwardly from said base section and bent toward eachother, said tongues and the intermediate base wall section forming alading strap anchor, portions of the base section of the wall memberadjacent said tonguesbeing curved outwardly, and an outwardly curvedcover plate secured over the outside of the curved portions of the wallmember and spaced outside of the anchor.

5. In a freight car, an inner sheet metal wall member having a base wallsection with outwardly extending 4flanges at 'the top and bottom, spacedtongues struck out from said base section,

a reinforcing strip secured to the outside of the base section betweenthe tongues, said tongues being bent around and secured to thereinforcing strip to form a lading strap anchorI portions of the basesection adjacent the tongues curving outwardly, and a cover plate xed tothe outside of the curved portions of the base section and spaced fromsaid tongues.

WILLIAM F. DIETRICHSON.

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